Open stories get a royal viewing

"How long have you been Crown Prince?", "All my life, I was born that way".

Port Hedland School of the Air students recently had a royal visit. While at the school their special guest checked out some fantastic video stories created for ABC Open.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium visited the school where he spoke with school teachers and their students spread right across the Pilbara.

The screenshot above shows several students from the school saying hi to the Prince, all via satellite from some very distant cattle stations and communities.

Kristopher Parsons from Coolawanyah Station showed the prince his own Day in the Life video produced for ABC Open. The video features footage from the School of the Air morning muster as well as some fantastic clips of remote station life. Kristopher explains the yearly muster and the process of sorting and loading cattle before they head off to market.

The vastness of their school community was of particular interest to the Prince given that their schools Pilbara patch is actually 17.6 times bigger than Belgium! It's HUGE!